favorite sonnet (haiku, or poem of another form?)

[devohoneybee]

I'm winding up to teach my annual poetry-writing workshop, and thought I'd do a bit on form and how form informs/expresses content. A very *light* touch on the topic, as the workshop is mostly not didactic.

To that end, does anyone have a particular favorite of a particular poetic form, one that gives a sense of why that poem HAD to be a sonnet, or haiku, or whatever it is?

thanks muchly!

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[brightfame]

An Indian friend of mine introduced me to ghazals. They were in Urdu, and we did not honour the form for the translation, so I can't give you any of my favourites that will be useful, but I do think this English ghazal is a good example of the form.

Disclaimer: I don't 'do' poetry seriously, so this is all from a layperson's point of view!

[devohoneybee]

very cool poem! i'll find out more about the form. thanks!